note 54003 added to ref.exec

Comment to code posted by info at skyco dot de: On Apache 1 and PHP 5, the code didn't work as expected? Something like this worked better: <? // put this in the calling file: function callWebsite($strHost, $strPath="/") { // try opening the connection $fFile = @fsockopen($strHost, 80, $intError, $strError); if ($fFile) { // make a simple GET-command $strCommand = "GET ".$strPath."\r\n"; // send the command fwrite($fFile, $strCommand); // close connection fclose($fFile); return true; } else { // report error echo "Could not connect to ".$strHost. " (".$intError.") ".$strError."."); return false; } } // call like you were outside yourself... (127.0.0.1=your own computer) callWebsite("127.0.0.1", "/yourpath/yourfile.php?example_variable=24"); ?> <? // and do this in the file that should run on it's own: ignore_user_abort(true); // if it should run longer than timeout, do this: set_time_limit(0); // put your code below here ?> Your last file could be tested in telnet too. To do this, enter this using the command prompt: telnet www.yourhost.com 80<enter> GET /thepathtoyourfile/file.php?hello=yes<enter> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.exec.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+54003 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54003&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54003&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54003&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54003&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54003&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54003&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+54003&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php